10 Rillington Place (Wide Screen) > Reviews

Advantages: A true story
Disadvantages: Not a brilliant film

Introduction I imagine only a few young things will have not heard of John Reginald Christie, who murdered a young woman, Beryl Evans, and her baby and managed to get her husband Timothy accused of her murder. Timothy Evans was eventually hung for this and constituted one of the biggest travesties of justice that this country has seen; to the extent that it was one of the factors that led to the end of the death penalty. Directed by Richard Fleischer, ... Read review

Advantages: something to watch
Disadvantages: see review

10 Rillington Place is an address that is well known, particularly among people born pre-war. For the address was a three storied house in Kensington – London. The house was the home of an average well respected couple – Mr and Mrs John Reginald Christie. He was a man of balding head with a lager than normal forehead; she was simply average with nothing differentiating her to anyone else in the street – except one hidden thing that no one knows about. ●● ... Read review